March will see the return of the global editing phenomena – Art+Feminism. We are delighted to announce that we are working with several partners to deliver more workshops than last year across the country.

Thursday 14 March, join us in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin where we will be Writing Women Writers on Wikipedia from 2-4pm.

Tuesday 16 April, we will be in The Edward Murphy Library of National College of Art and Design, Dublin from 10am-1pm focusing on Irish women artists including those featured in the collections of NIVAL.

We will keep you up to date on other events as they are confirmed!

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We continue our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 27 March from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians. All you need is a laptop – WiFi and pizza will be provided!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Would you like to join us as part of organising committee? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

We continue our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace in 2019 with our editing event on Wednesday 27 February from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians. All you need is a laptop – WiFi and pizza will be provided!

March will see the return of the global editing phenomena – Art+Feminism. If you are interested in either hosting or helping to organise one of these events to celebrate all women artists, cis and transgender women, non-binary folks, and feminism, do get in touch. We want to make sure that Ireland is playing its part in this movement.

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Seachtain na Gaeilge takes place this year from 1-17 March, and we want to help support anyone who wants to hold a Vicipéid editing event. If you or your institution want to partner on an editing or other translation or Wikimedia event, let us know.

As well as our usual editing event in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 30 January, we will also mark two big milestones with cake! January 2019 marks the 18th birthday of Wikipedia and the 15th birthday of Vicipéid. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians while we celebrate. All you need is a laptop – WiFi, cake and pizza will be provided!

March will see the return of the global editing phenomena – Art+Feminism. If you are interested in either hosting or helping to organise one of these events to celebrate all women artists, cis and transgender women, non-binary folks, and feminism, do get in touch. We want to make sure that Ireland is playing its part in this movement.

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Seachtain na Gaeilge takes place this year from 1-17 March, and we want to help support anyone who wants to hold a Vicipéid editing event. If you or your institution want to partner on an editing or other translation or Wikimedia event, let us know.

We are currently writing our grant application for the coming year of April 2019 to March 2020. If you have thoughts or suggestions on what we should be focusing on in this coming year, we’d love to hear from you.

Please do get in touch if you want to get involved, we really want to hear from you.

We were delighted to announce and exhibit the 6 winning images for Wiki Science 2018 at the SCI:COM conference in Dublin on 12 Wednesday 2018. You can find all those winners here.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part, shared it on social media, or encouraged people to get involved. Another massive thank you to our supporters: SCI:COM, Science Gallery Dublin, and anonymous prize donors who helped make this year’s competition possible. Wiki Science will return next year, and we are already looking forward to it!

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We continue our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace in 2019 with our first event on Wednesday 30 January from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians. All you need is a laptop – WiFi and pizza will be provided!

We are always interested in hearing from new people about what events or activities they want to see the Wikimedia community involved in here in Ireland.

We are about to start writing our grant application for the coming year of March 2019 to March 2020. Is there something we have been overlooking? Is there activity in Ireland that we should be trying to support? Are there better, more innovative ways that we could support Wikimedians (or potential Wikimedians!)?

Please do get in touch if you want to get involved, we really want to hear from you.

The photo and image competition, Wiki Science, has returned to Ireland for November. Find all the details about the 2018 competition here. You can see last year’s winning images here. If you are interested in helping to organise, promote or otherwise get involved in the competition, do get in touch! Don’t forget, you can upload as many images as you like as part of the competition.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2018

The winners of Ireland’s Wiki Loves Monuments have been announced, see them all here. Well done to everyone who got involved, and good luck to all the winners in the international round of the competition.

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We continue our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 28 November from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians. All you need is a laptop – WiFi and pizza will be provided!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Would you like to join us as part of organising committee? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

We are excited to be partnering with Lovelace Space to celebrate 2018’s Ada Lovelace Day with an evening of workshops in the Digital Hub on Wednesday 10 October from 6:30-9pm. You can find all details and links for tickets here.

Wiki Science

The photo and image competition, Wiki Science, is returning to Ireland this November. If you want to get involved in the organisation, want to sponsor or help promote the event this year do get in touch. You can see last year’s winning images here. If you are interested in helping to organise, promote or otherwise get involved in the competition, do get in touch!

Octocon

If you are attending this year’s Octocon, or are interested in Science Fiction and Fantasy, a number of Wikipedians are hosting an editing workshop at this year’s convention: So You Want to Be a Wiki Editor on Saturday 20 from 4-6pm. Octocon is taking place from 19 to 21 October in the Crowne Plaze Hotel, Blanchardstown. You can find all the details about the event and the conference here.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2018

Wiki Loves Monuments in Ireland saw 126 participants upload 1060 images! Our judges are busy working away, and we will be announcing the 10 winning images in early November.

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace with a special Hallowe’en themed night on Wednesday 31 September from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians, who can even suggest an extra spooky article to edit! All you need is a laptop, WiFi, pizza and Hallowe’en treats will be provided!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

This year’s Irish Wiki Loves Monuments is in full swing! Ireland is one of over 40 countries taking part across the world. There are prizes to be won for the top 10 images from Ireland, with the top prize €350 euro. There are over 6000 structures across Ireland waiting to have their photo taken, so take advantage of the bit of sun we have and hunt out your local heritage sites! All the details can be found here.

Ada Lovelace Day

We are partnering with Lovelace Space to celebrate 2018’s Ada Lovelace Day with an evening of workshops in the Digital Hub on Wednesday 10 October from 6:30-9pm. You can find all details and links for tickets here.

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 26 September from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians! All you need is a laptop, WiFi and pizza will be provided!

If you were thinking about attending this year’s Octocon, or are interested in Science Fiction and Fantasy, a number of Wikipedians are hosting an editing workshop this year: So You Want to Be a Wiki Editor. The convention is taking place from 19 to 21 October in the Crowne Plaze Hotel, Blanchardstown. You can find all the details about the event and the conference here.

Wiki Science

The photo and image competition, Wiki Science, is returning to Ireland this November. If you want to get involved in the organisation, want to sponsor or help promote the event this year do get in touch. You can see last year’s winning images here.

Getting Involved!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

This year the list of eligible monuments for Ireland’s Wiki Loves Monuments has exploded – going from 1214 to 6290! You can find all of the structures waiting for photos on our map, with all of the red dots pointing to places with no photo uploaded yet. There are canal locks, bridges, mills, market halls, churches and much more that are all waiting to have their photo taken and win you prizes!

Submissions will open on 25 August as part of Heritage Week, and will close on 30 September. You can find all the details here.

Do you want to get involved? We’re looking for this year’s judges at the moment, so do let us know if you’d like to help out. Do spread the word far and wide, and help show off Ireland’s built heritage to the world!

The UK are taking part this year, so all of the monuments in Northern Ireland are also eligible for inclusion in their competition.

Vicipéid

Since the Celtic Knot conference, new to tools have been enabled on Vicipéid. This includes improvements to the citation tool, and work on enabling Wikidata infoboxes too. If you’re interested in helping out the development or maintenance of these tools, do get in touch. You can read a report on the conference from Wikimedia UK here.

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 29 August from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians! All you need is a laptop, WiFi and pizza will be provided!

This year we are delighted to be taking part in a workshop at Ireland’s National Irish Science Fiction Convention, Octocon, this October. Two of our volunteers will be hosting a workshop on how to edit Wikipedia, and to draw attention to the issues relating to diversity in biographies on Wikipedia, particularly relating to Science Fiction and Fantasy. You can find all the details about the event and the conference here.

Getting Involved!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

Wikipedia editing workshops were held at the Hunt Museum across three days from 17-19 May. These events were held to celebrate the Hunt Museum becoming the first Irish cultural institutions to donate images directly to Wikimedia Commons. Some of these images have been uploaded to the article on Sybil Connolly, and a short write up can be found on the Irish report for This Month in GLAM.

Academia and Wikipedia: Critical Perspectives in Education and Research

This conference will be taking place in Maynooth, 18 June 2018. All of the details can be found here.

Embedding Digital Literacies in HEI’s

As part of this conference in UCC on 21 and 22 July, there will be a workshop introducing Wikipedia to those in academia. You can find the full details of the conference here.

Celtic Knot 2018

Time is running out to register for Celtic Knot 2018 in the National Library of Wales on 5 and 6 July. A full schedule for the conference can now be found here.

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 27 June from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians! All you need is a laptop, WiFi and pizza will be provided!

We will also be taking part in the TOG Finishathon/Hackathon on Saturday 23 June, where amongst other person projects our Project Coordinator will be doing some Wikipedia editing!

June sees the beginning of Pride celebrations in Ireland, with the Dublin Pride parade taking place on 30 June. Our Project Coordinator will be there taking photos for Wikimedia Commons as she did last year, why not join her and help document it for the world? You can find last year’s images here, and this year’s will be uploaded to this category.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2018

There has been lots of work going on in the past few months to increase and diversify the listed structures in Ireland eligible for the competition in September. We will be announcing the new list along with a map to help you find your local heritage gems that could win you prizes! What this space!

Getting Involved!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

A Wikipedia Edit Workshop is being held at the Hunt Museum, Limerick on May 19th with help from Limerick Lace, the City Museum and the City Library, the Hunt Museum Docents and the people of Limerick and thanks to Eamonn Ryan for creating the beautiful images.

Wikipedia is the 5th most popular website in the world, built by volunteers from around the globe.

We need your help to create and improve articles, highlighting the amazing achievements of Irish women in fashion and design, particularly those with connections to Limerick and its lace traditions.

No experience is necessary – we will teach you how to edit and help you to find high quality reference material. More details will be announced soon through The Hunt Museum website.

Celtic Knot 2018

The Celtic Knot is returning for 2018! It is a conference which brings together people from Celtic and minority languages to discuss and share their experiences of using Wikipedia in their language work. Applications are now open for the scholarships, find more information here.

We are very excited to announce that Rebecca O’Neill, Meghan Dowling, and Abigail Walsh will be presenting on what has been happening on Vicipéid recently, and what it has been like to use Vicipéid in university teaching.

Editing events in TOG Hackerspace

We will be continuing our monthly editing events in TOG Hackerspace on Wednesday 30 May from 7-9pm. Whether you are new to Wikipedia or an old hand at editing, come along for a chat with fellow Wikimedians! All you need is a laptop, WiFi and pizza will be provided!

Is there an event you think Wikimedia Community Ireland should get involved in, or should look at organising? Do you have idea for an event or campaign you’d like to work on with us? Or have any other good ideas, then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!